Aldrik reaches into the box and searches through the small pile of multicoloured plastic meeples as Ian and you switch seats. he smiles and grabs a royal blue meeple and lifts it up. "there, this one is mine!" he says victoriously as he looks at the bord to where to place it.
you quickly glance at the box and grab the sky blue meeple. "dibs!" Aldrik chuckles at the selection as he sets the peice down on the start, leaning back in his chair as he waits for the others to select their colours.
Kim goes with the bright red meeple, and Ian lays claim to the black one. once all the pieces are on the board, the start tile suddenly flashes for a moment as the formless tokens begin to change and warp.
Aldrik's token changes into a version of himself that seems to be looking behind him, searching for something. your token changes to a version of yourself that stands looking full of himself, almost regally. Kim's token seems to be frozen mid lunge, her right hand balled into a fist. and last but not least. Ian's token changes to a kneeling version of himself, hands raised to the sky in prayer or something like that.
"..I-I guess that is what they meant with the tokens changing to depict us." you say slowly, a little shaken by the sudden change.
"so.. is everyone ready?" Aldrik asks as he glances at the bord, grabbing the dice from the table as he looks around the room. after three nods he takes a deep breath amd rolls. "well.. lets get this game on the road."
the dice tumble on the table and land on a 6 and 3. "oh, nice! a 9" he says with a smile as he reaches over to move the piece, only to watch in amazement as the peice begins to move itself.
a small screen on the playing board lights up and shows a large deck of cards being shuffled and piled up.
the blue token moves over to a blue tile, just as the top card is flipped and reads: "welcome to the game, you should be more tame" "huh.. thats a intresting little ryme. i wonder what that means." Aldrik says as he ponders the card as the graphic fades. suddenly he jumps in his seat as a seamless leather band appears around his neck, a single D-ring portruding from the front. "wait what! what is this around my neck!?" he says as he reaches for the collar, grabbing it and trying to tug it off as he looks at his own gamepiece, eyes widening as he sees the band around the plastic neck. "..great... its seamless and i cant tug it off! i guess its your turn, Jamie." he says as he pushes the dice towards you, glancing at the board, wondering what's next